The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-05


and worked them on Sunday to
save the pitiful sum of Sc. per day.
When Col Nelms heard that the convicts
were on the march be stopped them, and
when Mr. Grant came into his Office to de-
mand n reason why his orders had been
interfered with Col. Nelms ran him out of
the office Then referring to the contract
again, he said Ben Isockett. when talking to
him about his trade, and telling him that he
had good thing that would make him a
millionaire i'll ten years, said that
1t was 50 good that Gov
Smith said that it was a
- swindle on the State of Georgia This
was the statement of a dead man. He said
that he could prove this by live lessee If
any one demanded the proof. He then
showed, by reports from the States of Ala
bama, Tennessee and Mississippi, the inn
mense sans they were getting for half the
number of convicts that the State of Geor-
gia rented TO the lessees for $25, 600.
AwARDEN AT EVERY CAMP.
He read the report of DR.. Willis West
moreland, made to the Governor III Novem-
Der last, in which Dr. Westmoreiand
said that it was impossible
to have the convicts looked
after properly without the State having a
warden at every camp. When the princi-
pal physician and Mr.. Shubrick are away
Ltb Ouly llltlu lelb lS Jile whipping DOSS, Ut.
| Westmoreland, i'll his report says, speaking
of the convicts, that they are not doomed to
death. Now what did he mean by that I
He meant that there should be some man in
charge to see that the conviots were prop
erly cared for His bill provided for that
office and provided that his services shall
not cost the State cent Dr..
| Willis Westmoreland said that
the leSsees did not visit the
| fha Gfataic .f41oto1s
Brown said on the witness stand that the
| State could not work its convicts success
| fully. Gov. Brown said that the lessees
had to give their individual attention to the
working of their convcts to make a sue
cess of the business. 1t was only by the
closest attention to the business that they
could make any money The Legislature
will notice that this report was never given
| to the public. Gov Mcdaniel refused to
let the press have it, He understood that
one newspaper offered $500 for the
report, and the Governor said "No
| sir, no report" | asked DR..
Westmoreland why the report was not pub
| lished and he told me that he did not know,
unless it was that it would not look well in
print.
The committee rose and reported prog
ress.
The House accepted an invitation to at
/
Fair.
Messrs. Pittman, Terrell and Foute were
| appointed a committee to report resolutions
on the death of Mr. Hart of Troup.
Messrs. Harrell and FELTON,, of Bibb, were
appointed on the joint committee to arrange
for furnishing the new capitol.
The bill to incorporate the Buena Vista
and Ellaville railroad passed.
Mr. Gambler, of DeKalb, offered a resolu-
tion for the protection of the property OF
the State road.
| A SPECIAL TAX FOR EDUCATION.
! At the afternoon session the first business
was bill formerly reported by the Finance
| Committee, providing for levying a special
| tax of two-tenths of one mill for education
al purposes This bill came from the com
mittee as a substitute for bill TO levy a tax
of one-tenth of one per cent The object of
| the bill was to make the amount raised in
| this way in 1888 the same as in 1887.
Mr.. Gordon, of Chatham, and Mr.. Rawles,
of Efingham, spoke in favor of the bill
Mr.. Wheeler, of Walker, was sorry that
he could not get more He has been in favor
| of the one-tenth of one per cent As he
could not get this he would have to be sat
isfied. He hoped the bill would pass.
The bill passed by vote of 100 to 2s.
| The following measures passed:
A resolution for the relief of the National
| Lie anu maturity faooOClabiOllj VI w ash
| ington City.
| A resolution for the relief of J. L. Far
mer, Tax Collector of Jefferson county.
A resolution to appropriate $l25 to pay
| for the clerk now employed by the commit.
tee on the Western and Atlantic railroad
| A bill to make the burning of a country
residence "a felony.
A bill to require the Supreme Court to
send down the full opinion of the court in
certain cases.
GEoRGIA's VOLUNTEERS.
The bill of Mr.. Mathews, of Houston, to
amend the act providing for the better
government, organization and discipline OF
! the volunteer forces of the State, so as to
make the colored companies of the State
number not more than twenty and the
white not more than seventy-five, came up.
! Mr. Wilson, of Camden, said that the bill
increased the number of white companies
| from fifty to seventy-five, and decreased
| from twenty-five to twenty the number of
colored companies.
Mr. Reilly, of Chatham said that under
| the bill the Governor could increase the
number of the colored companies at any
| time with the consent of the Advisory
Board. With this explanation the bill
! passed.
Mr. Huf's bill to amend the tax act with
reference to the license Of sewing machine
| agents for doing business in this State
/ passed
The bill of Mr.. Russell, of Clarke, for the
relief of the estate of R. p Dearing, came
up. The bill provided for the payment of a
bond of the State, issued in 1857. The COM
mittee of the whole reported the bill favor
| ably, and when it was put on its passage it
was lost, receiving only sixty-sx votes.
The House adjourned at 9 o'clock.